Chandler resident Erin Carr-Jordan was startled at 7:00 am on Monday when she read a hand-delivered letter from a lawyer of McDonald’s prohibiting her from setting foot on 8 Valley McDonald’s. The letter threatened to charge her with criminal trespassing if she did.

A college instructor at the University of Phoenix, Mesa Community College and Kaplan University with a doctorate in developmental psychology, at the same time a 36-year-old mother of four, Carr-Jordan is pursuing a national crusade to clean up the store’s play areas, claiming that the pathogens she found in them were a big threat to children’s health. She said she found Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), which is known to cause potentially fatal infections, during her repeat visits to the PlayPlace of a Gilbert McDonald’s. [Read more…]